Barriers to Children's Mental Health Services

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 731-738

  Owens, Pamela L ^a,e   Hoagwood, Kimberly ^b   Horwitz, Sarah M ^c   Leaf, Philip J ^a   Poduska, Jeanne M ^d   Kellam, Sheppard G ^d   Ialongo, Nicholas S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^e AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BALTIMORE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036615774     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200206000-00013     Document Type: Article

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